The Last Days Of Oscar Wilde - by John Vanderslice (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The year is 1898. Wilde's reputation is in ruins. After the scandal, after the trial, and after the incarceration at Reading Gaol, Wilde lives in exile in Paris. His friends urge him to start another great work. But Wilde's attention is elsewhere: on the mysteries of art, on the demands of love, and on a final great flowering of the spirit.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Meet Oscar Wilde. His life is ending.</p><p>The year is 1898. Wilde's reputation is in ruins. </p><p>After the scandal, after the trial, and after the incarceration at Reading Gaol, Wilde lives in precarious exile in Paris. His friends urge him to start another great work, a new play or poem. But Wilde's attention is elsewhere: on the mysteries of art, on the demands of love, and on a final great flowering of the spirit.</p><p>"The Last Days of Oscar Wilde masterfully merges insight and imagination with the historical and literary record to provide a portrait that is rich and nuanced and utterly compelling."</p><p>Rachel Hall, author of Heirlooms</p><p>"Evocative... The Last Days of Oscar Wilde is a reminder of the destructive power of senseless persecution."</p><p>Jennifer Steil, author of The Ambassador's Wife</p><p>Schedule</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><em>The Last Days of Oscar Wilde</em> is a treasure of a novel. With elegant prose and a glittering wit of which Wilde himself would approve, John Vanderslice brings to life this agent provocateur's final act. <em>The Last Days</em> masterfully merges insight and imagination with the historical and literary record to provide a portrait that is rich and nuanced and utterly compelling.</p><p>-- Rachel Hall</p><p>John Vanderslice evocatively conveys the misery and waste of Wilde's final days, laying bare the consequences of his betrayal by those whom he loved and trusted. <em>The Last Days of Oscar Wilde</em> is a grim reminder of the destructive power of senseless persecution.</p><p>-- Jennifer Steil</p><p>Schedule</p><br>
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